As for how the Green-Robed Soul had kept his soul from dissipating, that was thanks to his Life-Bound Treasure.
Back then, his Life-Bound Treasure had already been capable of transformation and even possessed thoughts and feelings of its own. When the Green-Robed Soul died, its consciousness had begun to fade as well.
Knowing it was about to die, it had used the last of its power to keep the Green-Robed Soul's soul from dissipating.
Yet all of this had only hastened its demise.
In the end, even its physical form had been utterly reduced to dust and ashes because of what it had done.
But no matter how powerful that ability was, after ten thousand years, it had begun to wane.
The Green-Robed Soul could feel that he had little time left.
He had originally thought he would quietly fade from the mortal world. He had never expected to encounter living cultivators before he disappeared.
Su Jiu and Chu Luohen could, of course, sense the weakness of the Green-Robed Soul's soul.
"You were a Spirit Transformation Stage cultivator. Didn't you have any secret manuals for strengthening your soul? Even becoming a ghost cultivator would be better than dissipating like this..." After all, once a cultivator's soul dissipated, there truly was nothing left.
No reincarnation, no next life. As time passed, there would not even be anyone left in the world who remembered you.
The Green-Robed Soul smiled. "Of course I tried cultivating, but it didn't work. My soul is destined never to become a ghost cultivator, because the soul that was gathered back together afterward isn't recognized by this world's new Heavenly Dao."
Su Jiu recalled a story mentioned in a volume of Tales of Strange Happenings she had once read.
It told of a cultivator who fell in love